rai

Abbreviation of English Ramoaaina.

rai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ramoaaina.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ramoaaina terms

From Yapese raay.

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

1. stone money

• rai stone

rai (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”).

Borrowed from Thai ไร่ (râi).

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

1. A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).

• Ira, IAR, IRA, air, 'air, AIR, RIA, Ari, ria, ARI

Borrowed from Dutch raden (“to guess”), from Middle Dutch râden, from Old Dutch rādan, from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

rai

1. to guess

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

• arrai

Unknown. Also found in Catalan rai and Occitan rai, with the same usage.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrai̯/
• Syllabification: rai
• Rhymes: -ai̯

rai

1. Exclamation to assent or agree, in accordance with something obvious, of recognition of the evidence or of the great ease of what is said or what was just said. This great ease can also derive into downplaying something.

   Si tu pagas, rai!! ― If you pay, then sure!

   Ixò rai! ― don't worry about that / that's of no importance! / We know that already!

   A vusatros rai!, que ixo no tos afecta! ― Of course that doesn't bother you! That doesn't affect you!

• It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

• IPA^(key): /raj/

rai (Bengali script রায় or রাই)

1. reed

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

From Old French rai, from Latin radius.

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈraj]

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Originally a Western Catalan dialectal form of raig.

rai m (plural rais)

1. raft

• raier

Unknown. Also found in Aragonese rai and Occitan rai, with the same usage.

rai

1. Exclamation to assent or agree, in accordance with something obvious, of recognition of the evidence or of the great ease of what is said or what was just said.

   Si tu pagues, rai!! ― If you pay, then sure!

   Això rai! ― don't worry about that / that's of no importance! / We know that already!

   Clar, a vosaltres rai!, si això no us afecta! ― Of course, that doesn't bother you! That doesn't affect you!

• It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

• “rai”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

rai

1. sight

rai

1. to see

Inherited from Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ/

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• Homophones: raie, rets

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)

   Synonym: rayon

2. spoke (of wheel)

• rayon

• radiation
• radieux
• irradier

• “rai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• air, ira

From Latin radius.

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam
2. spoke
3. radius

Possibly cognate with Duwai r̃ùwà (“life”).

• IPA^(key): /ɽâi/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽâi]

râi m (plural rāyukā̀, possessed form râin)

1. life
2. spirit, mind
3. hope, salvation
4. prosperity

Borrowed from Old Occitan rai, from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and radio, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: rài

rai m pl (plural only)

1. (literary) rays
2. (literary, figurative) looks
3. (literary, figurative) eyes

• rai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “rai”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

• -ari, -irà, Ari, ari, ira, ria, rià

rai

1. Rōmaji transcription of らい
2. Rōmaji transcription of ライ

• Carakan: ꦫꦲꦶ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, compare Malay dahi and Kavalan zais.

rai (krama ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)

1. face

   Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “rai”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

rai

1. mussel

rai

1. rye

Borrowed from Dutch raden (“to guess”), from Middle Dutch râden, from Old Dutch rādan, from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

rai

1. to guess

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

rai

1. rye

From Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke

From Latin rādius.

rai oblique singular, m (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)

1. beam; ray (of light)
   • late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan de Berne”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 314, line 202:

     li rais sor sa face luisoit

     the ray was shining on his face

• Bourguignon: rai
• → English: ray
• French: rai
• Norman: rai

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рай (raj), from Proto-Slavic *rajь, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”).

• IPA^(key): /raj/

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rai n (plural raiuri)

1. eden
2. paradise

• paradis, cer

• retg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• rètg (Surmiran)
• raig (Puter)

From Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Vallader) king

Borrowed from English ride.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrai/ [ˈrai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: rai

rai m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) ride, lift

   Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche

   No te preocupés: mi amiga me va a dar rai.

   Don't worry: my friend's gonna give me a ride.

• “rai”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “rai”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Arabic رَأْي (raʔy).^[1]

rai class IX (plural rai class X)

1. opinion, view

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

-rai (infinitive kurai)

1. to coax

Conjugation of -rai
Positive present -narai Subjunctive -rai Negative -rai Imperative singular rai
Infinitives
Positive kurai Negative kutorai
Imperatives
Singular rai Plural raini
Tensed forms
Habitual hurai Positive past positive subject concord + -lirai Negative past negative subject concord + -kurai
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narai) Singular Plural 1st person ninarai/narai tunarai 2nd person unarai mnarai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarai wanarai other classes positive subject concord + -narai
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rai) Singular Plural 1st person sirai haturai 2nd person hurai hamrai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) harai hawarai other classes negative subject concord + -rai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarai Negative future negative subject concord + -tarai
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rai) Singular Plural 1st person nirai turai 2nd person urai mrai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arai warai other classes positive subject concord + -rai
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirai Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerai Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerai Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirai Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirai
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arai) Singular Plural 1st person narai twarai 2nd person warai mwarai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arai warai m-mi(III/IV) warai yarai ji-ma(V/VI) larai yarai ki-vi(VII/VIII) charai vyarai n(IX/X) yarai zarai u(XI) warai see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwarai pa(XVI) parai mu(XVIII) mwarai
Perfect positive subject concord + -merai "Already" positive subject concord + -mesharai "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarai "If/When" positive subject concord + -kirai "If not" positive subject concord + -siporai Consecutive karai / positive subject concord + -karai Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karai
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nirai -turai 2nd person -kurai -warai/-kuraini/-waraini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrai -warai m-mi(III/IV) -urai -irai ji-ma(V/VI) -lirai -yarai ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirai -virai n(IX/X) -irai -zirai u(XI) -urai see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kurai pa(XVI) -parai mu(XVIII) -murai Reflexive -jirai
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -rai- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -raiye -raio m-mi(III/IV) -raio -raiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -railo -raiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -raicho -raivyo n(IX/X) -raiyo -raizo u(XI) -raio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -raiko pa(XVI) -raipo mu(XVIII) -raimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -rai) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yerai -orai m-mi(III/IV) -orai -yorai ji-ma(V/VI) -lorai -yorai ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorai -vyorai n(IX/X) -yorai -zorai u(XI) -orai see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -korai pa(XVI) -porai mu(XVIII) -morai
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -raiwa

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

rai class IX (plural rai class X)

1. health

From *dari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀəq, compare Ilocano daga.

rai

1. earth
2. land

Borrowed from Russian рай (raj).

rai

1. paradise, heaven

Inflection of rai (inflection type 9/čai)
nominative sing.	rai
genitive sing.	rajun
partitive sing.	rajud
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	rai	—
accusative	rajun	—
genitive	rajun	—
partitive	rajud	—
essive-instructive	rajun	—
translative	rajuks	—
inessive	rajus	—
elative	rajuspäi	—
illative	rajuhu	—
adessive	rajul	—
ablative	rajulpäi	—
allative	rajule	—
abessive	rajuta	—
comitative	rajunke	—
prolative	rajudme	—
approximative I	rajunno	—
approximative II	rajunnoks	—
egressive	rajunnopäi	—
terminative I	rajuhusai	—
terminative II	rajulesai	—
terminative III	rajussai	—
additive I	rajuhupäi	—
additive II	rajulepäi	—

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “рай”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• IPA^(key): /rai̯/

rai

1. soft mutation of rhai